Henri-Frédéric Iselin
Appearance
Henri-Frédéric Iselin (1826–1905) was a French sculptor.
Born in Clairegoutte, Haute-Saône, he was a pupil of François Rude. He started at the Salon in 1849 and became famous and successful, sculpting many portraits.
He died in Paris in 1905.
Main works
[edit]Iselin created many statues or busts, including those of :
- Napoléon III (Château de Compiègne)
- Eugénie de Montijo (Vesoul, musée Georges-Garret)
- Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, duc de Morny (Deauville and Château de Compiègne)
- Mérimée (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale)
- Joachim Murat (Versailles, museum)
- Boileau (Paris, musée d'Orsay)
- Claude Bernard (Château de Versailles)
- Mirabeau (Versailles, Salle du Jeu de Paume)
- François Miron (Hôtel de Ville de Paris),
- Louis-Benoît Picard (Paris, Institut de France)
- Denis Poisson (Vesoul, musée Georges-Garret)
- Général de Lamoricière (Vesoul, musée Georges-Garret)
- Louis Lagrange (Vesoul, musée Georges-Garret)
- Pierre Gardel (Paris, Académie nationale de musique)
- L'Élégance (Opéra Garnier)